Hand-held electrical appliance such as a hair drier provided with position adjustable control members

a technology of control member and hand-held electrical appliance, which is applied in the direction of hair cleaning, hair drying, hair equipment, etc., can solve the problems of inability of right-handed operators to use devices designed for right-handed people, and the configuration is not optimal

Inactive Publication Date: 2003-12-30
CONAIR CIP INC
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However, the latter configuration is not optimal because the user holding the handle in their hand has to be able to proceed by operating the appropriate switches using the fingertips, which in theory is easier to do if these switches are arranged to the side.
Here again, a lateral arrangement would be preferable, but once again this runs into the problem that a left-handed operator may be unable to use a device designed for a right-handed person.

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The device depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a diagrammatic view of one illustrative embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the invention is a hairdryer. The hairdryer includes a body 1, a handle or hand grip 11, a barrel common to several controls 12, a master switch 3 and the connection 4 for the power lead (not depicted). An array of controls 2 having three switches 5, 6, 7 has been depicted. In general, a first switch 5 allows the speed of the air flow leaving the blower to be adjusted, in this instance by varying the rotational speed of this blower. A second switch 6 allows the heating of the air to be adjusted. A third switch 7 may be used, for example, as a master switch or may fulfill some other additional function.

The barrel can execute a rotational movement on an axis and can be indexed by any appropriate means in order to assume stable positions, at least starting out from a left-hand lateral position towards a right-hand lateral position, passing through an anterior...

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Hand-held electrical appliance of the hairdryer or similar type, including a body (1) equipped with a series of functional elements and a handle (11) displaying an array of controls (2) allowing the user to operate and adjust the said appliance, characterized in that the said handle has at least one barrel (12) which can move about its axis, and in that the said array of switches moves integrally with the barrel.

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION1. Field of the InventionThe present invention relates to a hand-held electrical appliance of the hairdryer, portable tool or similar device type which has controls the position of which can be varied to improve the ease and comfort of use.In particular, it relates to a device of which the controls can be used just as easily by a right-handed person as by a left-handed person.2. Description of the Prior ArtA great many electrical devices such as hairdryers and other appliances, be they household or other, generally consist of a body fitted with a series of functional members. These may, in the case of a hairdryer, be elements intended for heating, generally electrically, the air which is circulated by a motor and a blower and which is taken in at one end of the body. The air is heated up on contact with heating elements (generally electrical resistive elements) and then expelled at the opposite end in the form of a stream of hot air.In general, the outlet end ...

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Patent Type & AuthorityPatents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A45D20/12A45D20/00A45D20/08
CPCA45D20/12
InventorSMAL, HENRI C. F. J.
OwnerCONAIR CIP INC